Layoffs At Atlantic/Elektra Records
SVP/Alternative & Rock Formats Ron Poore exits Atlantic Records after 21 years. Text/call Ron at 201-446-3828 or ronpoore1@gmail.com. VP/Alternative Promotion Ed Brennan exits Atlantic Records after 8 ½ years. Text/call Ed at 646-413-3338 or edbrennanfrombrooklyn@gmail.com. VP/Promotion & Radio Marketing Sherry Alaghehband exits Atlantic Records after 12 years. Text/call Sherry at 248-250-2866 or Sherryalaghehband@gmail.com. SVP/Promotion Myra Dehais exits after almost 13 years at Elektra/3EE. Text/call Myra at 818-472-6060 or myra.dehais@gmail.com. Promotion Coordinator Summer Horvath exits Atlantic records after 4 ½ years. Text/call Summer at 702-525-3064 or sleehorvath12@gmail.com.
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! Can’t wait to see you this week at #Happens 2024 Las Vegas. Registration opens this Wednesday, February 28th at 6pm at Backstage Bar & Billiards. Find the full schedule HERE. We kickoff the first day of the week with Miranda Daniels from WRIS (THE RESISTANCE 106.7)/Madison sharing Famous Firsts. Great memories! Some great memories in the last batch of Nielsen January ‘24 PPM 6+ Ratings. WROX (96X)/Norfolk increases from 2.2-2.6, WOLT (INDY 103.3)/Indianapolis leaps 3.4-4.1, WOKV-HD2 (X99.5)/Jacksonville jumps 1.1-1.4, and WMRQ (RADIO 104.1)/Hartford posts up 4.0-4.1. Kings Of Leon “Mustang” revs up
Week of 2/26
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to Silverstone Entertainment USA/BANDTANGO’s Mike Quinn (2/26), Dunn Creative Media’s Bill Dunn (2/26), Hard Boiled’s Chris Stowers (3/1), former Audacy Alternative Regional Brand Mgr. Bailey (3/1), and WQMP (FM 101.9)/Orlando PM Driver/Imaging Director James Steele (3/3).
Seth Resler Launches Community Marketing Revolution
Former Jacobs Media Digital Strategy Consultant Seth Resler has launched Community Marketing Revolution for the arts and entertainment industry. Resler provides online courses and digital resources to generate revenue through strategic community engagement. In his role at Jacobs Media from 2015-2023, Resler helped radio stations design and implement action plans that combine websites, social media, email marketing, search engine optimization, content marketing, lead generation, and other online tools. He has a long track record in Alternative Radio at WXRK (92.3 K-Rock)/New York, WBCN/Boston, KNDD (107.7 The End)/Seattle, KPNT (105.7 The Point)/St. Louis, and WBRU/Providence. On February 29th, Resler will deliver
Alternative New Music Friday #Happens
Happy Friday! New Music Friday with I DONT KNOW HOW BUT YOU FOUND ME today. New Downloads this week from Amigo The Devil, Catfish And The Bottlemen, and Grouplove. Before we dive into New Music Friday, I wanted to share some good ratings news. Congrats on the latest Alternative stations posting ratings increases in the Nielsen January ‘24 PPM 6+ Ratings. WWDC (DC101)/Washington 2.9-3.4, WDZH (ALT 98.7)/Detroit 2.9-3.2, KNDD (107.7 THE END)/Seattle 2.6-3.3, KBZT (ALT 94.9)/San Diego 1.7-2.2, KTCL (CHANNEL 93.3)/Denver 4.4-5.0, WEND (106.5 The End)/Charlotte 4.4-4.5, KXRK (X96)/Salt Lake City 3.4-4.3, KKDO (ALT 94.7)/Sacramento 3.8-4.3, WXDX/Pittsburgh 5.5-5.8, KXTE (X107.5)/Las
Linkin Park Announce Greatest Hits Collection
Linkin Park will release a greatest hits album, Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023), on April 12th via Warner. The 20-track collection features the latest unreleased single "Friendly Fire." The song was recorded during the 2017 sessions for their seventh album One More Light. Watch the video for "Friendly Fire" HERE. Mike Shinoda said, “In the making of each Linkin Park album, I want to love and believe in each individual song completely. I hope that if any one track is heard on its own in the world, it is something I can feel proud of, and something that takes root inside
Kings Of Leon Rev Up ‘Mustang’ And Announce New Album And Tour
Kings Of Leon return with a new label partnership with Capitol Records for their upcoming 9th full-length studio album, Can We Please Have Fun, out on May 10. The album announcement arrives alongside a 2024 World Tour and lead single, “Mustang.” Watch the video for "Mustang" HERE. It’s the band’s first new music since When You See Yourself was released in 2021 on RCA. Can We Please Have Fun, as the new album title suggests, sees the band cutting loose, trying new things, and, yes, having some fun. Recorded at Dark Horse studio in Nashville and produced with new collaborator
Wednesday New Artist Discovery #Happens
Happy Wednesday! Your Happens.vip Alternative New Artist Discovery Of The Week is Militarie Gun. The band’s new single “Do It Faster” on Loma Vista/Concord is now chart bound and you get VIP Access today. Excited to share some Alternative ratings highlights from the latest Nielsen January ‘24 PPM 6+ Ratings: KYSR (ALT 98,7)/Los Angeles (2.7-3.0), KROQ/Los Angeles (1.9-2.2), KVIL (ALT 103.7)/Dallas (2.5-3.1), KTBZ (94.5 The Buzz)/Houston (3.4-4.9), and WNNX (99X)/Atlanta (2.9-3.7). KTBZ PD Elliott Wood shares, "Rod Ryan Morning Show continues a strong run after a record setting 2023. January: #1 in demos - 6+, 12+, 18+ P18-49, P25-54, P35-64
